verb, noun
verb (-rr-) (formal) to say that you do not agree with sth or that you refuse to do sth:
[V] At first she demurred, but then finally agreed. [also Vspeech]
Part of speech: noun
IDIOMS
without demur (formal) without objecting or hesitating:
They accepted without demur.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for demur is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is demur a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, demur is tagged as noun.
Does demur appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — demur appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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